Messina Marine Surveyor
Pubblicato il 19-08-2026 - Rina in Messina
**Posting Date**:16 Sept 2025 **City**:Messina **Location**:Messina, IT, 98122 **Contract Type**:Permanent **Division**:Mediterranean and Africa Marine **Level of experience**:Junior
- RINA is currently recruiting for a **Messina Marine Surveyor** to join its office in Messina within the **Mediterranean and Africa Marine** Division. **Mission**
- A Junior Surveyor in a classification society plays a crucial role in ensuring the safety, compliance, and quality of ships and marine assets.- The main responsibilities are aimed at verifying that vessels meet international and classification society standards. #LI-MC1**Key Accountabilities**
- **Regulatory Compliance**: Diligently verify that all surveys comply with the latest classification society rules, international maritime regulations, and statutory requirements. Proactively adapt to evolving standards and ensure adherence across all inspections.
- **Technical Expertise**: Provide competent technical guidance to clients, shipowners, and manufacturers regarding classification, design, construction, and vessel maintenance. Maintain up-to-date knowledge of emerging technologies and industry best practices to enhance survey accuracy and relevance.
- **Problem-Solving**: Identify, analyse, and resolve technical challenges encountered during inspections or in client consultations, delivering practical solutions to uphold safety and quality.
- **Quality Assurance**: Implement and support quality management protocols throughout the survey process, ensuring inspection reports are precise, reliable, and consistent.
- **Client Engagement & Education**: Communicate clearly with clients about classification society procedures, emphasizing the importance of compliance for vessel safety and operational efficiency. Foster strong professional relationships based on trust and transparency.
- **Documentation & Reporting**: Prepare thorough reports using established templates and digital tools, guaranteeing timely submission with clear and comprehensive documentation of findings and recommendations.
- **Collaboration & Teamwork**: Actively participate in interdisciplinary team meetings, exchanging knowledge and promoting best practices within RINA and with external stakeholders to support continuous improvement.
- **Professional Development**: Pursue continuous learning, certifications, and training initiatives to strengthen expertise and adapt to maritime industry advancements and regulatory changes.
- **Ethical Standards**: Maintain integrity, impartiality, and fairness in all survey activities, upholding RINA’s commitment to ethical conduct and fostering confidence in the inspection process.
- This role also involves considerable travel (approximately 50-75%) to perform on-site surveys and assessments, providing a dynamic work environment that combines fieldwork with analytical duties.**Education**
- Master’s Degree in Naval Engineering**Qualifications**
- In general, minimum 1/2 years’experience in the engineering or survey fields within the marine industry or other applicable industry to their specialization.
- Proficiency in the English language commensurate with the scope of classification, statutory certification, related services and,
before assignment, with their future work.
- Ability to develop a working knowledge of RINA Rules, Guides, statutory regulations, and related instructions, as well as the RINA Employee Safety Policy.
- Ability to understand engineering plans and have basic knowledge of shipbuilding practices and ship operations.
- Ability, in general, to perform either, 1) new building surveys: - to assess the suitability of certified materials and products supplied for the new building,
- to assess that hull, machinery and equipment have been built in compliance with rules and regulations by means of compulsory inspections, tests and trials,
- to issue Certificates, Reports, Records and Status in compliance with rules and regulations. And/or:
2) ship in service surveys: - to assess that hull, machinery and equipment have been maintained in compliance with rules and regulations by means of compulsory overall inspections, tests and trials,
- to identify the deficiencies to be rectified (if any) and assess whether immediate repair is necessary or a condition may be issued with an appropriate due date,
- to follow-up as required by rules and regulations any repair work or due to previous outstanding conditions,
- to assess whether the deficiencies identified (if any) may be linked with potential failure of the Ship Management System,
- to endorse Certificates, issue Reports and Status in compliance with rules and regulations. And/or:
3) Marine Management Systems audits
And/or:
4) testing activities and service suppliers/manufacturers certification: - to assess the suitability of certified materials and products in compliance with applicable rules
- to issue Certificates and prepare Reports and Status in compliance with procedures.
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